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. >>> forcing his hand, president obama makes changes to america's once-secret surveillance program after a explosive disclosure by a man he once dismissed as a hacker. >>> desperate hours, the feds make a big discovery in the frantic search for a missing girl. tonight the manhunt closing in on a suspected killer. >>> and making a difference. wounded veterans on an underwater mission to heal the planet and themselves. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening, i'm lester holt sitting in tonight for brian. the weather folks call it a stalled front, a weather system packed with rain that just won't budge. if you're watching us tonight across a wide stretch of the country from oklahoma to west virginia, be prepared for another drenching and more flooding. the rain totals have been astounding. in some places, 10 inches in a single night, destroying homes, businesses, and turning some streets into raging rapids. and tonight, there have been more deaths. nbc's kerry sanders is in nashville for us again tonight. kerry, what's it look like there now? >> reporter: well, good evening, lester. wit
. >>> forcing his hand, president obama makes changes to america's once-secret surveillance program after a explosive disclosure by a man he once dismissed as a hacker. >>> desperate hours, the feds make a big discovery in the frantic search for a missing girl. tonight the manhunt closing in on a suspected killer. >>> and making a difference. wounded veterans on an underwater mission to heal the planet and themselves. "nightly news" begins now. >>>...
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surveillance practices and late last week president barack obama announced plans to make the programs more transparent and accountable. >> it sounds like americans are more comfortable and making them less safe. >> we are talking life and death and lived in new york and september 11th i know what it means. we can not afford it to be a debating society. yes and no, up and down, lives are at stake. >>> ron snowden says much of what the president suggested on friday about reviewing the programs is super fishal. back to you. snowden's father says he has not spoken to his son since he left the united states. >>> tomorrow, attorney general holder is expected to discus sweeping new policy changes to the federal criminal justice system during his trip to the bar association in san francisco. the proposed changes include scaling back the use of harsh prison sentences for drug- related crimes and spanning the release of elderly nonviolent offenders. federal prisons are operating 40% above capacity with half inmates serving time for drug- related crimes. >>> former secretary of state hill hill w
surveillance practices and late last week president barack obama announced plans to make the programs more transparent and accountable. >> it sounds like americans are more comfortable and making them less safe. >> we are talking life and death and lived in new york and september 11th i know what it means. we can not afford it to be a debating society. yes and no, up and down, lives are at stake. >>> ron snowden says much of what the president suggested on friday about...
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the criticism president obama is facing this morning. >>> major flooding in colorado. what happened in the same area last year that's making this year so much worse. >>> a live look at the opening bell out of new york city. who is that? that's yankee's first baseman mark texeira. why? we're not sure why. we know the yankees had a big ninth inning victory bottom of the ninth to beat detroit. texeira out there doing the dinging. that's strong, nice work. we hope the markets will be winning this monday, august 12. this is "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:3. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. just into our newsroom this morning, a major earthquake has rattled the coast of peru. 6.2 magnitude quake hit just before 2:00 a.m. our time about 60 miles off the coast of paita on the northern end of the country. we're waiting for reports of damage this morning and we'll bring them to you. >>> president obama out on vacation the week, but back in washington facing new criticism over his proposals for increased oversight of the nsa and hi
the criticism president obama is facing this morning. >>> major flooding in colorado. what happened in the same area last year that's making this year so much worse. >>> a live look at the opening bell out of new york city. who is that? that's yankee's first baseman mark texeira. why? we're not sure why. we know the yankees had a big ninth inning victory bottom of the ninth to beat detroit. texeira out there doing the dinging. that's strong, nice work. we hope the markets will...
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white house spokesman jay carney said president obama is extremely disappointed that russia approved his asylum request which is good for one year. his lawyers showed the government paperwork that allows his client to leave the moscow airport. snowden spent more than a month living there waiting for his papers. the u.s. has demanded that russia send snowden home to face prosecution for espionage. the president vladimir putin dismissed the request. >>> secretary of state john kerry is expected to resume high-level talks in pakistan today working on a security agreement that would allow american forces to stay in afghanistan beyond 2014. the move is to reassure the united states is not abandoning the region. no word on how many troops would remain but kerry says americans would train afghan forces and carry out commando raids against terrorist cells. >>> a kidnap victim stood up to her tormenter today in court. >> day turned into night, night turned into day. years turned into eternity. nobody should ever have to go through what i went through or anybody else not even the worstes enemy
white house spokesman jay carney said president obama is extremely disappointed that russia approved his asylum request which is good for one year. his lawyers showed the government paperwork that allows his client to leave the moscow airport. snowden spent more than a month living there waiting for his papers. the u.s. has demanded that russia send snowden home to face prosecution for espionage. the president vladimir putin dismissed the request. >>> secretary of state john kerry is...
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however, the agency cleared samsung in four other patent disputes, comes less than a week after president obama overtraded a ruling ban something apple products because they infringeed on samsung's patent. >>> after the break, this bay area millionaire met the president and was a guest on oprah. now, the jaw-dropping domestic violence charges against him. and how the crime was caught on camera. >> and then, a bay area starbucks is the center of a lawsuit. the illegal activity that one woman claims has been going on there for years. >> and a little morning drizzle may kick start your weekend. the things are warming up. coming up in seven minutes, when sun and warmer temperatures are set to return to the forecast. 5Ñ . >>> new at 6, he's hailed as one of the bay area's technology elite, met with oprah and the president. now, he's facing a judge accused of a brutal beating that investigators say lasted for 30 minutes and was all caught on video. he faces more than two dozen criminal charges for allegedly beating his girlfriend. ktvus david stevenson is live in san francisco with the court documen
however, the agency cleared samsung in four other patent disputes, comes less than a week after president obama overtraded a ruling ban something apple products because they infringeed on samsung's patent. >>> after the break, this bay area millionaire met the president and was a guest on oprah. now, the jaw-dropping domestic violence charges against him. and how the crime was caught on camera. >> and then, a bay area starbucks is the center of a lawsuit. the illegal activity...
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president obama's travel detail got a new addition this weekend. a marine corps m-v 22 osprey made its presidential debut saturday as president obama and the first lady began a martha's vineyard vacation. the aircraft which can take off vertically like a helicopter, but fly like an airplane. it shuttled white house staff, media and secret service members from coast guard air station cape cod. the marines say the ospreys are twice as fast and can travel six times farther 18 of the 19 u-s embassies and consulates will reopen this morning after being closed due to a terror threat. this is the embassy in yemen, which is the 'only' one that will not reopen yet. the embassies are scattered throughout the middle east and africa. they were closed after a ha crawford message between al- qaida a separate threat led to the closing of the u-s consulate remains closed. edward snowden's father says he has obtained a visa to visit his son in russia. lon snowden did not disclose when he is visiting. snowden's father and his lawyer also said they have not spoken di
president obama's travel detail got a new addition this weekend. a marine corps m-v 22 osprey made its presidential debut saturday as president obama and the first lady began a martha's vineyard vacation. the aircraft which can take off vertically like a helicopter, but fly like an airplane. it shuttled white house staff, media and secret service members from coast guard air station cape cod. the marines say the ospreys are twice as fast and can travel six times farther 18 of the 19 u-s...
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no one yet has been recovered. >>> in a surprise move president obama announced a review of the secret nsa surveillance programs revealed by edward snowden. while the president defended the programs in general he promise the new restrictions and more transparency. there are four main steps the administration intends to make. they are new talks with congress to revise the pretty act. appointing a civil liberties advocate to challenge the government applications for warrants. declassifying more nsa court documents. and appointing a group of outside experts to review the whole intelligence-gathering system. >> all these steps are designed to ensure that the american people can trust that our efforts are in line with our interests and our values. and to others around the world i want to make sure, once again, that america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. >> the president admitted that edward snowden's actions sparked the review but said he is no patriot and should turn himself in. >>> president obama signed a will into law today that restores lower interest rates on loans fo
no one yet has been recovered. >>> in a surprise move president obama announced a review of the secret nsa surveillance programs revealed by edward snowden. while the president defended the programs in general he promise the new restrictions and more transparency. there are four main steps the administration intends to make. they are new talks with congress to revise the pretty act. appointing a civil liberties advocate to challenge the government applications for warrants....
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. >> another set back for president obama's healthcare law. the administration delayed a mandate that protects consumers by limiting how much they have to spend on their own healthcare. kyla campbell reports, this latest news will fuel republicans fighting obamacare. >> many republicans will look at this as another discredit to the president's healthcare law. the new york times reports the obama administration delayed out of pocket costs until january 2015. some ensurers can set higher limits or no limits at all during 2014. cap what people pay for deductibles or co-payments. supposed to be $6300 for an individual and 12,700 for a family. the new york times says this delay has been outlined on a government web site since february but went unnoticed because of the legal language. a senior administration official said health plan sponsors need this delay to update computer systems to track out of pocket costs. this is the second mandate. what this means for some patients next year when i see you next hour. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> time is 5:15.
. >> another set back for president obama's healthcare law. the administration delayed a mandate that protects consumers by limiting how much they have to spend on their own healthcare. kyla campbell reports, this latest news will fuel republicans fighting obamacare. >> many republicans will look at this as another discredit to the president's healthcare law. the new york times reports the obama administration delayed out of pocket costs until january 2015. some ensurers can set...
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accused of insulting president obama. the rodeo clown act that triggered the outrage. >> things are getting busier in some of the key spots. we'll tell you where the delays reached more than ten minutes. >> low to normal temperatures lasted a long time. a stretch of warmer temperatures. >>> welcome back. dozens of domestic workers are scheduled to rally outside of san francisco city hall. part of a national campaign workers are calling count down to dignity. domestic workers all across the nation are calling on the u.s. government to mandate better pay and benefits for in-home care givers. the workers are demanding regular rest periods and overtime pay. >>> officials at the missouri state fair are apologizing after a rodeo clown appeared over the weekend wearing a mask of president obama. the photo of that clown has gone viral on social media. the person who hosted it says he was offended when the rodeo announcer called out saying if anyone wanted to see obama run down by a bull. >> i understand people's concerns. i don't
accused of insulting president obama. the rodeo clown act that triggered the outrage. >> things are getting busier in some of the key spots. we'll tell you where the delays reached more than ten minutes. >> low to normal temperatures lasted a long time. a stretch of warmer temperatures. >>> welcome back. dozens of domestic workers are scheduled to rally outside of san francisco city hall. part of a national campaign workers are calling count down to dignity. domestic...
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meeting to take place here in moscow in early september, just before the g-20 between president putin and obama. i'm jim maceda, innocennbc news reporting from moscow. >> thank you very much, jim. >>> a south bay mayor organized a blood drive but not allowed to donate himself. tell you about the ban he is trying to overturn next. harvest coming early this year. why grape pickers are already out there in the bay area getting the job done. >>> they look like they are enjoying that weather out there as they pick those grapes. good morning to you, i'm meteorologist christina loren. temperatures are nice and mild out there right now. and more good news, our air quality dramatically improving, changes headed our way as go we getted to weekend. we will take you through the changes nbc bay area news comes back. >>> east san jose, police setting up that perimeter, they have corn eared gunman, possibly already taken him into custody. we will check back in with bob redell at the scene with the latest. we are back in a matter of minutes. >>> we have an update now to the breaking news we brought you at the
meeting to take place here in moscow in early september, just before the g-20 between president putin and obama. i'm jim maceda, innocennbc news reporting from moscow. >> thank you very much, jim. >>> a south bay mayor organized a blood drive but not allowed to donate himself. tell you about the ban he is trying to overturn next. harvest coming early this year. why grape pickers are already out there in the bay area getting the job done. >>> they look like they are...
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he says it shows a rodeo clown and barack obama mask. the announcer worked up a crowd, asking if people wanted to see obama run down by abel. at one point, the encounter said, " we are going to stomp obama now. " kron the missouri rodeo cowboys' association's board of directors is should apology, same route as not to be a political platform. missouri's republican lieutenant governor condemned the stunt, posting on twitter, " we are better than this. " people sounded off on the kron4 facebook page. deshawn lewis says of " coming from someone who supports real hard core, i would have no way shape or form found this " entertaining " a better yet a disrespect to our country as a whole. stephen gardner says " there is nothing that is more american than expressing your discussed for the government. "marty gallant said that " freedom of speech. you don't like it? ago crying your bedroom. some are so sensitive. " >>anny: join the conversation by first call liking " a kron4 facebook page then sound off below and the comments section of the story.
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. >> a man behind a bizarre >>> president obama says he's encouraging vladimir putin to think forward instead of backward as they try to improve strained relations between the two countries also today obama pledged more oversight at the national security agency's surveillance programs. abc 7 news has more from washington, d.c. on today's white house news conference. >> out of the gate the president announced a series of reforms for the controversial nsa surveillance program. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> that includes a civil liberties officer at nsa, a new commission to review intelligence programs and coordination with congress to review program collects telephone records. >> it's not enough for me as president to have confidence in the programs. the american people need to have confidence nem as well. >> the president insisted change woz have taken place even if edward snowdenÑÑ5 had t laekd detail autos it would have been less exciting. as much press. >> do these reforms vindicate snowden? >> no. i don't think he was a patriot. >> nsa says if snowden thinks he's in
. >> a man behind a bizarre >>> president obama says he's encouraging vladimir putin to think forward instead of backward as they try to improve strained relations between the two countries also today obama pledged more oversight at the national security agency's surveillance programs. abc 7 news has more from washington, d.c. on today's white house news conference. >> out of the gate the president announced a series of reforms for the controversial nsa surveillance...
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users submitted questions to the president through various platforms, using hash tag ask obama housing. in an interview the president said woe save money if refinancing on his chicago home but hasn't yet done so. u.s. stocks declined today jéz giving the stand skbrard poor's index it's first thre three-day joft since mid june. and finally, yahoo is ditching the company's 18-year-old logo. in a campaign over the next four weeks the silicon valley company is showcasing 30 different logos every day, final will debut september 4th. this company has already decided on the new logo but wants to showcase different looks to depict the renaissance under ceo marisa mayer. from bloomberg studios i'm emily chang, back to you. >> thank you. >> san jose celebrating 5th anniversary of the city's first electric vehicle charging station. san jose teamed up with charter point to become one of the first cities to install them. the first one right across from city hall and today, the 50th city-maintained station was installed. they've put 2500 of the stations in the bay area and about 12,000 of them nati
users submitted questions to the president through various platforms, using hash tag ask obama housing. in an interview the president said woe save money if refinancing on his chicago home but hasn't yet done so. u.s. stocks declined today jéz giving the stand skbrard poor's index it's first thre three-day joft since mid june. and finally, yahoo is ditching the company's 18-year-old logo. in a campaign over the next four weeks the silicon valley company is showcasing 30 different logos every...
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. >>> edward snowden has asylum in russia for a year, angering the obama administration. russia issued snowden a refugee passport today. the white house is suggesting it might bow out of a planned summit with russia's president. snowden who admits leaking details about nsa programs is wanted in the united states to face espionage charges. no word on where he is tonight. his attorney says his location will be kept secret for security reasons. the temporary asylum can be extended indefinitely. >>> perfect controversy. sales of "rolling stone's" magazine with the alleged boston bomber doubled over last year. the magazine featuring dzhokhar tsarnaev was boy cocotted by stores, but the magazine has doubled its sales from a year previous. the boston bomber killed two people on the initial day and another officer later. more than 260 were also injured, including a 12-year-old boy. >>> the clock stuck 12:01 this morning and gay marriage became legal in two more states, minnesota and rhode island. they're the 12th and 13th u.s. states to recognize same-sex marriages. in minnesota,
. >>> edward snowden has asylum in russia for a year, angering the obama administration. russia issued snowden a refugee passport today. the white house is suggesting it might bow out of a planned summit with russia's president. snowden who admits leaking details about nsa programs is wanted in the united states to face espionage charges. no word on where he is tonight. his attorney says his location will be kept secret for security reasons. the temporary asylum can be extended...
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. >> speakers ranging from president obama to oprah winfrey are expected to address the crowd from the lincoln memorial steps in the same spot where dr. king stood. president obama will offer husband personal reflectionest on the self-rights movement, and the challenges that demand attention that will affect the next generation. >>> new information on the breaking news in fairfield. the 7 alarm fire burning through homes, grass and trees right up against interstate 80. >>> a high school student on the eve of the first day of his senior year dies in a violent crash. as investigators work to find out what caused the tragedy, we look at what teens are doing behind the wheel. >> i everyone thinks they are invisible. >>> . >> the dirks they face and what can be -- dangers they face, and what can be done to keep them safe. >>> this special trained dog is not look for explosives. the very small problem this dog is searching for. >>> flames moving through fairfield burning homes, trees and grass sending smoke over a busy interstate 80. you can see this home here destroyed. the walls remain, bu
. >> speakers ranging from president obama to oprah winfrey are expected to address the crowd from the lincoln memorial steps in the same spot where dr. king stood. president obama will offer husband personal reflectionest on the self-rights movement, and the challenges that demand attention that will affect the next generation. >>> new information on the breaking news in fairfield. the 7 alarm fire burning through homes, grass and trees right up against interstate 80....
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. >> >> president obama took some time of to celebrate his 52nd birthday. this is video of him coming from camp david. he began with a round of golf. golfing buddies included friends from hawaii and chicago along with state aids. >> >> someone bought a powerball ticket in the south bay matching five out of the six numbers for a million dollar jackpot. the winner just got 180 days to claim the prize. the south bay ticket matched the numbers 24, 36, 21, 46, and 42, missing only the powerball number of 15. no one hit all six numbers. so wednesday's jackpot is estimated at $400. >> >> less than seven hours until the bart strike deadline. we'll have an update. >> >> if there is a strike, hundreds of thousands of commuters will have to find a new way to get to work tomorrow. all of the information you need to know. >> >> an early morning house fire in oakland jumps to a neighboring home. how the people outside got out and the dangerous conditions firefighters faced. . >>> developing news and down to the wire bart contract talks, christian has been monitoring the
. >> >> president obama took some time of to celebrate his 52nd birthday. this is video of him coming from camp david. he began with a round of golf. golfing buddies included friends from hawaii and chicago along with state aids. >> >> someone bought a powerball ticket in the south bay matching five out of the six numbers for a million dollar jackpot. the winner just got 180 days to claim the prize. the south bay ticket matched the numbers 24, 36, 21, 46, and 42, missing...
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. >> reporter: late today president obama met with cabinet officials and his national security team to discuss aid to egypt. the white house reports that the white house has already suspended aid is completely false. no decision has been made yet. they have been reviewing the $1.5 billion in annual funding since early last month when egypt's military ousted democratically elected president mohamed morsi. >> this government has made promises to transition back to a democratically elected government. the violence is contrary to that promise. and that factors into our review of this aid and assistance relationship. >> reporter: meanwhile, news today that former egyptian president mubarak could be a free man this week. he has been in jail since 2011. but most of the charges against him have been dropped. four state department officials who were placed on administrative leave after the attack in benghazi, libya have been returned to active duty. the officers, though, will be reassigned to jobs with less responsibility. the attack at the u.s. consulate killed four americans, including a bay
. >> reporter: late today president obama met with cabinet officials and his national security team to discuss aid to egypt. the white house reports that the white house has already suspended aid is completely false. no decision has been made yet. they have been reviewing the $1.5 billion in annual funding since early last month when egypt's military ousted democratically elected president mohamed morsi. >> this government has made promises to transition back to a democratically...
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a move that's angered the obama administration. russia issued snowden a refugee passport today. the white house suggests it may bow out of a planned summit with russia's president. snowden who has admitted to leaking details about the u.s. surveillance program is ordered to the u.s. his asylum can be extended >>> uruguay is one step closer to legalizing marijuana. uruguay's supposed law would establish a registry for buyers and limit them to 40 grams of marijuana a month. >> reporter: i'm scott budman. valley building turns 50. we'll take you back in time from what they call the jetson building. >>> intomorrsomniacs may want t outdoors. >>> the haze has started to clear out of the south bay. a live look at san jose. you can see the blue skies with us right now. and the first night of the santa clara fair is tonight. take the jacket. temperatures in the 60s. >>> new concerns tonight over the impact of bull eyeing. in the first of its kind study, it was found that people who were bullied throughout childhood and adolescents were more likely to go to prison. women who were bullied
a move that's angered the obama administration. russia issued snowden a refugee passport today. the white house suggests it may bow out of a planned summit with russia's president. snowden who has admitted to leaking details about the u.s. surveillance program is ordered to the u.s. his asylum can be extended >>> uruguay is one step closer to legalizing marijuana. uruguay's supposed law would establish a registry for buyers and limit them to 40 grams of marijuana a month. >>...
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a bill to cut the interest rates on new student loans awaiting president obama's signature. the house approving that bill just yesterday reducing the rates for stafford loans that have doubled since the first of july. inter1 rates, they would be tied to the stock market performance. >>> a jump in wages that even has the feds stunned. san mateo county credited with anywhere else in the nation in the final three months of 2012. the bureau of lab or statistics say the average weekly wage rose more than 107% to an astounding $87,000 more per year. before you start looking for jobs in san mateo county, experts say the money was not evenly distributed. the san mateo county centraldalc labor council tells thehwñ "san francisco examiner" of the top 100 highest paid ceos in america, 45 work for businesses based in san mateo county. >> time is 6:27. still ahead, breaking news from overseas. edward snowden is on the move. we'll tell you how he broke his extended layover in the moscow airport and we'll have details on where he's believed to be headed now. >>> also breaking news we've b
a bill to cut the interest rates on new student loans awaiting president obama's signature. the house approving that bill just yesterday reducing the rates for stafford loans that have doubled since the first of july. inter1 rates, they would be tied to the stock market performance. >>> a jump in wages that even has the feds stunned. san mateo county credited with anywhere else in the nation in the final three months of 2012. the bureau of lab or statistics say the average weekly wage...
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to talk more about president obama's news conference today. >> catherine: this just in. the state department says that 18 of the 19 u.s. embassies and consulates that have been closed because of a terror threat -- will reopen on sunday or monday. this is the embassy in yemen -- which is the 'only' one which will not reopen yet. the embassies are scattered throughout the middle east and africa. they were closed after a message between al-qaida officials about a major attack was intercepted. a separate threat yesterday led to the closing of the u- s consulate in pakistan.which remains closed. >> pam: this just in. firefighters are battling a fire that has broken out on treasure island. this is aerial footage courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news.you can see dark smoke pouring out of a two- story building. this is still a very active fire scene. officials say the blaze has spread to a second floor. we'll keep you updated on developments. coming up. gunned down, downtown. we are learning more about the man accused of shooting a young college student dead. kr
to talk more about president obama's news conference today. >> catherine: this just in. the state department says that 18 of the 19 u.s. embassies and consulates that have been closed because of a terror threat -- will reopen on sunday or monday. this is the embassy in yemen -- which is the 'only' one which will not reopen yet. the embassies are scattered throughout the middle east and africa. they were closed after a message between al-qaida officials about a major attack was...
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in stone promises written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchdogs and that he would strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste fraud and abuse of authority and government but strangely and possibly coincidentally two days after the first revelation of government spying by stoughton these promises of the change dot gov site were taken down if this is not just some odd coincidence and they consciously chose to hide obama's campaign promises that this is political cowardice at its worst and what is even worse is that they didn't think that this would get exposed almost immediately if you try to conduct some sort of medieval book burning to destroy information on the internet then you are only going to get burnt yourself but that's just my opinion. wealthy british scientists on. the. markets. find out what's really happening to the global econo
in stone promises written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchdogs and that he would strengthen whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste fraud and abuse of authority and government but strangely and possibly coincidentally two days after the first...
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president obama wanted to congratulate them on their championship. and college and high-school i am all for it but professional? >> pam: stay home! [laughter] look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. call to get u-verse tv for just $19 a month with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. with qualifying bundles. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. chase quickpay. so you can. >>> "omg insider," the top trending stories you need to
president obama wanted to congratulate them on their championship. and college and high-school i am all for it but professional? >> pam: stay home! [laughter] look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt...
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-russia situation. >> i feel that as far as obama, president obama losing credibility. i don't think he had a choice. there were no issues that were up for agreement. there have been human rights abuses that have been increasing more visible inside of russia over the past couple of years. of course, snowden's asylum. what choice would they have? >> snowden comes up again. is the u.s. government still after him? leave him alone, he does not have done -- he has not done anything evil. >> go back to washington. that is part of the problem. there was no point in going to the summit. not only the issues that have been mentioned but also obama's idea of reducing the nuclear arsenal. the trade agreement has gotten lost in the controversy. imagine a beginning, today we have a high level meeting between kerry and the senators of the state. you cannot stop this relationship. these are two nuclear powers. as you have said yourself, they have their finger in every pie. certainly, one has been made and nobody is coming out the winner. >> it is a kind of a small win- win situation. f
-russia situation. >> i feel that as far as obama, president obama losing credibility. i don't think he had a choice. there were no issues that were up for agreement. there have been human rights abuses that have been increasing more visible inside of russia over the past couple of years. of course, snowden's asylum. what choice would they have? >> snowden comes up again. is the u.s. government still after him? leave him alone, he does not have done -- he has not done anything evil....
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will not while it may seem like a calamity of the distant past it was only four years ago that the obama administration rode to the rescue of two detroit automakers general motors and chrysler the federal government port eighty billion dollars into the companies extending them a lifeline out of a looming bankruptcy was but it seems the city of detroit won't get the same bailout even after declaring a twenty billion dollar debt becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history and this time around city employees will feel it the most as they are likely to see significant cuts to their pensions and post employment health care benefits bill will of voice of concern is reverberating throughout the city hasn't quite overtaken another sentiment one that's magnified over the last few years i've been here all my life and i've seen it in a big not like it is more good as a misspeak but as banking business is i see a lot of construction go. and on a lot of people moving down here a lot of jobs job opportunities for people down here and it's just becoming a vibrant city detroit's a place wh
will not while it may seem like a calamity of the distant past it was only four years ago that the obama administration rode to the rescue of two detroit automakers general motors and chrysler the federal government port eighty billion dollars into the companies extending them a lifeline out of a looming bankruptcy was but it seems the city of detroit won't get the same bailout even after declaring a twenty billion dollar debt becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history and this...
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. >> just friday president obama had this to say. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. there were other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred. >> mr. obama outlined new measures to reform the program that snowden revealed saying he would have done it anyway. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> and the wikileak founder took issue with the administration saying reforms were made and snowden is owed a debt of gratitude. others say he has only earned his felony charges. abc news, the white house. >>> 18 of the 19 american diplomatic posts closed during the terror threat and are opening back up tonight. consulates will be fully operational in a few days. the u.s. embassy in yemen remains closed because of intercepted messages between al-qaeda operatives. >>> tonight a doctor in detroit is in jail accused of miss diagnosing cancer patients and giving them treatments they didn't need. government prosecutors say he gave his patients chemotherapy when it was not needed and submitted false
. >> just friday president obama had this to say. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. there were other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred. >> mr. obama outlined new measures to reform the program that snowden revealed saying he would have done it anyway. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> and the wikileak founder took issue with the administration saying...
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of present obamas beginning. given the history of abuse by governments - it is right to ask questions about surveillance - particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives its not enough for me as president to have confidence american people need to have confidence in them as well the president outlined four new steps to ensure government programs won't be used to spy on americans: working with congress to reform the section of the collecting telephone records. and, overall, more transparency. snowden also looms large in a new chill between the u-s and russia. the president explained, for the first time, why he canceled a one-on-one with president vladimir putin -- saying the u-s and russia a host of issues. >> president obama speaking. >> "ive encouraged putin to think forward as opposed to backwards w/mixed success. the president also spoke about the recent u.s. embassy and consulate closings throughout the middle east and north by fears of al qaeda attacks: obama said al qaeda still poses a th
of present obamas beginning. given the history of abuse by governments - it is right to ask questions about surveillance - particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives its not enough for me as president to have confidence american people need to have confidence in them as well the president outlined four new steps to ensure government programs won't be used to spy on americans: working with congress to reform the section of the collecting telephone records. and, overall,...
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this is an obama/putin issue. i would point out in one of obama's answers he basically hinted at fact that russia would not face anymore punishment, though, for granting edward snowden asylum. that's interesting. as much of this bothers the president and bothered the white house, they recognize that the snowden issue is just one in a series of issues they have to deal with russia on. many with even larger geopolitical implications. so i think that the summit in september cancelling it, significant, but i look for larger punishments as we go forward. >> also talked about the gay and lesbian issue in russia and how if russians don't have gays and lesbians on their teams, they'll be weaker. >> yes. i mean, that's when he really seemed to lay in to russia over this issue. this is a country that's been undermining us in syria, in north korea and latin america. you name it. then the snowden thumb in the eye, and the president's assertive rooshgs have to did with gays and lesbians in the politicices. pretty telling. >> y
this is an obama/putin issue. i would point out in one of obama's answers he basically hinted at fact that russia would not face anymore punishment, though, for granting edward snowden asylum. that's interesting. as much of this bothers the president and bothered the white house, they recognize that the snowden issue is just one in a series of issues they have to deal with russia on. many with even larger geopolitical implications. so i think that the summit in september cancelling it,...
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. >> after days of debating there are reports that the obama administration has put a temporary hold on some military aid to egypt. the white house has not made a permanent decision on this. kyla. >> reporter: dave, the obama administration said it is reprogramming aid for egypt while a review is underway. the u.s. gives the egyptian military about $1.3 billion a year and that includes a payment of $584 million that is still due by the end of september. the white house is reviewing so they can determine if cutting off funding would impact security. the state department says there has been no policy decision made about that remaining funding. over this past week, nearly 1,000 people were killed in deadly clashes between security forces and members of the muslim brother hood. the egyptian government announced it arrested the leader of the brotherhood. the military removed morsi from office last month. morsi is also being detained. >>> i reached out to my white house contact and asked why administration officials and state department are giving slightly different reports today. i will h
. >> after days of debating there are reports that the obama administration has put a temporary hold on some military aid to egypt. the white house has not made a permanent decision on this. kyla. >> reporter: dave, the obama administration said it is reprogramming aid for egypt while a review is underway. the u.s. gives the egyptian military about $1.3 billion a year and that includes a payment of $584 million that is still due by the end of september. the white house is reviewing...
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the obama administration wants snowden to face trial for releasing classified information about surveillance programs. >>> rolling stone magazine benefited greatly from its controversial cover featuring boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. since the issue went on sale july 19, it's had more than double the sales of the average rolling stone issue. critics say the cover photo made tsarnaev look like a rock star. cbs, walgreens and some other retail -- cvs, walgreens and some other retailers pulled the issue. >>> major league baseball could hand out suspensions today. several reports say officials have told the new york yankees alex rodriguez, they are prepared to give him a lifetime ban unless he agrees to a lengthy suspension. the players are linked to the shuttered biogenesis clinic in florida whose owners reportedly supplied evidence of steroid abuse to baseball investigators. >>> 4:40 on this friday morning. new water worries for a popular kayaking spot up in the north bay. >> you expect this noise, right, if you live near the train tracks. but that's not the sound people are annoyed
the obama administration wants snowden to face trial for releasing classified information about surveillance programs. >>> rolling stone magazine benefited greatly from its controversial cover featuring boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. since the issue went on sale july 19, it's had more than double the sales of the average rolling stone issue. critics say the cover photo made tsarnaev look like a rock star. cbs, walgreens and some other retail -- cvs, walgreens and some other...
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president obama is said to be reconsidering his upcoming summit with russian president vladimir putin planned for this fall in moscow. >>> you have heard of old faithful. you could call this old unreliable. the world's largest geyser putting on a historic show. >> a new tool to help people with food allergies. the smartphone app that detects suspicious ingredients on the spot. >> and they promise not to mess up the order or get your name wrong. the coffee shop that's substituting robots now for baristas. >> and we have to talk about the weekend weather now. lots of sunshine coming our way today. but changes for the weekend coming up. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and they finally cleared that accident on the upper deck. so lanes are open. unfortunately we have a big wait behind the pay gates. your latest drive times coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ all right, let's go ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocolate cross over ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over ♪ [ male announcer ] fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate with clusters,
president obama is said to be reconsidering his upcoming summit with russian president vladimir putin planned for this fall in moscow. >>> you have heard of old faithful. you could call this old unreliable. the world's largest geyser putting on a historic show. >> a new tool to help people with food allergies. the smartphone app that detects suspicious ingredients on the spot. >> and they promise not to mess up the order or get your name wrong. the coffee shop that's...
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it's not all his relationship with obama. it's his sense of who america is, and it's his 50-year-old resentment for what america has been. so i think we're in a rough time, and my own sense is if you make america stronger, you will make it stronger in the world and people will be less eager to snub you in colorful ways. >> schieffer: but, you know, david this is almost like-- it's kind of following a kind of high school scenario here. here you have putin sort of-- sort of taking on the role of hugo chavez. i mean, nobody thought venezuela posed any kind of threat to the united states, but shavedz apparently thought he could really make his place in the world by poking his finger in the eye of the giant. and it seems like russia which doesn't have much going now except oil revenues, and of course they do have nuclear weapons -- i don't think anybody thinkers that going to use those. but just sort of picking-- like a picador at a bulled fight or something. >> i think that's exactly right, bob. this is half high school, half col
it's not all his relationship with obama. it's his sense of who america is, and it's his 50-year-old resentment for what america has been. so i think we're in a rough time, and my own sense is if you make america stronger, you will make it stronger in the world and people will be less eager to snub you in colorful ways. >> schieffer: but, you know, david this is almost like-- it's kind of following a kind of high school scenario here. here you have putin sort of-- sort of taking on the...
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president obama's news conference is coming up very shortly, within a moment or two. "studio b" with shepard smith begins right now. >> shepard: the weekend will come. first the business of the day and the president is about to speak, we just learn how president obama plans to start the news conference. it is set to get underway in a minute. the white house confirms the president will begin with our government's secret controversial surveillance tactics, introducing what the white house calls new steps to increase transparency and restore public trust in the programs. we'll hear that from the president and get analysis on it as well. this ills the resident's first scheduled solo news conference three months, his first since 19 u.s. embassy and consulates in the middle east and africa closed their doors for the week, citing an al qaeda terror threat. his first since the meeting with russian president vladimir putin in the g-20 summit, and the first since edward snowden released the information. in the latest fox new poll shows 42% of the voters approve of the job he is
president obama's news conference is coming up very shortly, within a moment or two. "studio b" with shepard smith begins right now. >> shepard: the weekend will come. first the business of the day and the president is about to speak, we just learn how president obama plans to start the news conference. it is set to get underway in a minute. the white house confirms the president will begin with our government's secret controversial surveillance tactics, introducing what the...
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. >>> president obama today promised changes to the government's controversial phone surveillance program. jacqueline reports from washington and how too much transparency can be dangerous. >> america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. >> reporter: president obama said he will work with congress to improve privacy protections within the national security agency's surveillance programs. part of the changes will better explain to the public how they work. changes include a new website, new oversight, more transparency, and an independent group reviewing the programs. intelligence groups will continue to assess phone records domestically and internationally. >> all of the steps are designed to ensure the american people can trust that our efforts are in line with our interests and values. >> reporter: spokesmen from republican house speaker john boehner said the president has been quiet on the controversial programs for too long. while transparency is important, he said it must not compromise the program. the priority must be saving american lives, in the saving face. the presid
. >>> president obama today promised changes to the government's controversial phone surveillance program. jacqueline reports from washington and how too much transparency can be dangerous. >> america is not interested in spying on ordinary people. >> reporter: president obama said he will work with congress to improve privacy protections within the national security agency's surveillance programs. part of the changes will better explain to the public how they work. changes...
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obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch that story play out. negotiations between alex rodriguez and major league baseball are recoportedly stall. he wants to catch in on the $100 million left in his contract. he and the mlb are stalled about the kind of suspension he's willing to accept. as early as today the mlb was expected to suspend a rod and others suspected of using performance enhancing drugs from that biogenesis company. a rod will play tonight and tomorrow. it looks like monday is the new deadline. >>> here's this morning's first look at scrambled politics. apparently in texas when you stand up you better be prepared
obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch that story play...
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now they had obama begging to let mr. snowden go. this is exactly where according to russian political culture you should have your political adversary at. on his knees begging. that's what gives them the biggest kick. >> putin has said -- i'm not going to defend putin. i'm just saying putin said earlier russia has never pushed anyone out who wanted asylum. i just wonder what else should obama have done or what else should eric holder have done? >> well, there are plenty of people we know of who are spying for russia, so some kind of a swap was possible, i think, if we wanted to play what the russian play. the favorite russian political sport is hard ball. we didn't want to do it. weep said that we're going to go through the legal channels. we went through the legal channels and we got a big resounding nyet, no. here we are. and of course the question is what can the russians ask for us that they want and trade snowden, not directly. they're not going to push him out -- >> ariel, hang on just one moment, please. i want to get the lat
now they had obama begging to let mr. snowden go. this is exactly where according to russian political culture you should have your political adversary at. on his knees begging. that's what gives them the biggest kick. >> putin has said -- i'm not going to defend putin. i'm just saying putin said earlier russia has never pushed anyone out who wanted asylum. i just wonder what else should obama have done or what else should eric holder have done? >> well, there are plenty of people...
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barack obama accuses russia over a vertical cold war mentality while moscow declared all hostilities dead and buried we report on the latest chill in relations triggered by the snowden dispute. and candidates for the post of moscow take this skirmish to the media for the campaign from a bright. good morning just past midnight here in moscow kevin zero in this is our top story the leader of iraqi kurds has said that his fighters could intervene to protect kurds in neighboring syria who are facing daily attacks now from rebel forces the al qaeda linked factions which initially flooded to syria to fight the assad government are now preparing to declare an islamic state in the country's northeast and the kurdish minority is in their way on his policy report. we've been speaking to eyewitnesses relatives and also kurdish journalists and from the sequence of events that we've been able to piece together that coming nineteenth of july you had an assault by islamist extremists at that stage they placed a bomb in a local kurdish school they also rounded up and abducted a number of civilians t
barack obama accuses russia over a vertical cold war mentality while moscow declared all hostilities dead and buried we report on the latest chill in relations triggered by the snowden dispute. and candidates for the post of moscow take this skirmish to the media for the campaign from a bright. good morning just past midnight here in moscow kevin zero in this is our top story the leader of iraqi kurds has said that his fighters could intervene to protect kurds in neighboring syria who are...
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now they're talking about scaling that back to delay obama care for one year. i think the president is going to say, look, they're playing games with this. i just want to do simple governance where we keep the government open and try to have measures that grow the economy a little bit and create jobs. it's not that he has a bold agenda, but it's not an agenda that engages the economy by playing with the budget process. i think that's the way he'll portray it. >> all right. stay with us, josh. i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell from d.c. refusing a meeting with vladimir putin seems to me like a cold-war mind set. does it seem that way to you? >> that certainly is the temperature. although, foreign minister lavrov is having a briefing at the end of his talks today with john kerry and chuck hagel. he's briefing over at the russian embassy. he started out by saying it's really good they're getting together at the minister level. he seems to be trying to smooth things over a little bit. some of the the russians don't like th
now they're talking about scaling that back to delay obama care for one year. i think the president is going to say, look, they're playing games with this. i just want to do simple governance where we keep the government open and try to have measures that grow the economy a little bit and create jobs. it's not that he has a bold agenda, but it's not an agenda that engages the economy by playing with the budget process. i think that's the way he'll portray it. >> all right. stay with us,...
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president obama: there has always been some tension in the u.s.-russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. it has been competition in some areas. it is truly my first four years in working with the president, we made a lot of progress. we were able to cooperate together on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in afghanistan. we were able to get russia into the wto. it is goodcompetent businesses e they're more likely to follow international forms and rules. a lot of good work that has been done and that is going to continue to be done. what is also true is when president putin came back into power, i think we saw more rhetoric on the russian side that was anti-american that played into some of the old stereotypes about the cold war contest between the united states and russia, and i have encouraged mr. putin to think forward as opposed to backwards on those issues with mixed success. latest episode is just one more in a number of emergent differences we have seen over the last several months around s
president obama: there has always been some tension in the u.s.-russian relationship after the fall of the soviet union. it has been competition in some areas. it is truly my first four years in working with the president, we made a lot of progress. we were able to cooperate together on iran sanctions. they provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in afghanistan. we were able to get russia into the wto. it is goodcompetent businesses e they're more likely to follow international forms...
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the presiden three felonies, hee wrong. >> obama: there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and, um, passionate response than would have been the case if i had simply appointed this review board to go through and i sat down with congress and we worked this thing through. i think we would have gotten to the same place, and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security and some very vital ways we're able to get intelligence that we need to secure the country. >> cenk: i have three letters for th president obama, l-o-l. i'm being kind. someone responded yes, it was the gardennathe guardian.com. without the guardian we wouldn't have had this transparency. and ravi said, at what point in the absence of snowden was it prompted to have this debate. was there a timeline? yes, he preempted us by six weeks but we were going to let them know this thing we've been hiding for five years under obama. and finally if you weren't sure this was prompted by the leaks, well, apparently the administration officials can confirm it
the presiden three felonies, hee wrong. >> obama: there's no doubt that mr. snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and, um, passionate response than would have been the case if i had simply appointed this review board to go through and i sat down with congress and we worked this thing through. i think we would have gotten to the same place, and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security and some very vital ways we're able to get intelligence that we need to...
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. >>> the balance of privacy and national security, president barack obama addressed that saying he stands behinds the nsa's program but the jeans agency needs to be more transparties, but it didn't end there. >> reporter: right out of the gate, president obama announced a series of reforms. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> reporter: that include as civil liberties office, a high level commission to review the intelligence program and coordination with congress to review the program that collects telephone records. >> it's in the enough for me has president to have confidence in these programs. the american people need to have confidence in them as well. >> reporter: the president insisted the changes who have taken place even if edward snowden had not leaked the details of the secret programs. >> it would have been less exciting. i think we would have got on it the same place. >> reporter: but it vindicates him. >> i don't think snowden is a president. >> reporter: if snowden thinks he's innocent, he should return to the u.s. there were other avenues available for those whose co
. >>> the balance of privacy and national security, president barack obama addressed that saying he stands behinds the nsa's program but the jeans agency needs to be more transparties, but it didn't end there. >> reporter: right out of the gate, president obama announced a series of reforms. >> we can and must be more transparent. >> reporter: that include as civil liberties office, a high level commission to review the intelligence program and coordination with...
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or barack obama would like this to become an issue between them personally where do you think he will head next what are his next steps. i think there's been a little bit a lot of talk about what snowden will do if he gets his feet on the russian terra firma. although one hundred you can say well he's got an opportunity to stay in russia as far as i can see him he'll be issued a one year right stay. under certain conditions but i think i think it's probably more than likely that he might try to get himself onto diplomatic territory of any of the nations that are on solomon in latin america venezuela nicaragua or believe you and i may go straight to an embassy there. but hard hard to say at this stage absolutely and in the light of the. latest case at trial how do you think. the whistleblowing as a whole will it. well. i think i think it's necessary to this is hard to separate manning from from snowden snowden is a civilian and manning is a man in uniform so there are very different different situations. legally but the brief to the media this morning was that snowden was due to issue
or barack obama would like this to become an issue between them personally where do you think he will head next what are his next steps. i think there's been a little bit a lot of talk about what snowden will do if he gets his feet on the russian terra firma. although one hundred you can say well he's got an opportunity to stay in russia as far as i can see him he'll be issued a one year right stay. under certain conditions but i think i think it's probably more than likely that he might try to...
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president barack obama is holding a press conference now. what can we expect him to tell us if anything. >> this will be obama's official meeting with the press following the news that it would snowden pwas given asylum in moscow. i expect him to talk about the issue and answer questions on the nsa civilian -- nsa surveillance program, to explain it because there is a growing distrust in the u.s. when it comes to privacy. from what i can speculate -- i think also he will touch n the peace talks between israelis and palestinians. >> in washington with our crystal ball, thank you very much. >> let's not forget that this cooling of relations resulted from russia granting asylum to nsa whistleblower edward snowden. now in a related story, a secure e-mail service thought to be used by snowden has been abruptly closed down. the service, lavabit, appears to have made the decision to shut itself down rather than comply with demand by the government to provide access to customer information. >> the company owner said in a statement, "i have been forc
president barack obama is holding a press conference now. what can we expect him to tell us if anything. >> this will be obama's official meeting with the press following the news that it would snowden pwas given asylum in moscow. i expect him to talk about the issue and answer questions on the nsa civilian -- nsa surveillance program, to explain it because there is a growing distrust in the u.s. when it comes to privacy. from what i can speculate -- i think also he will touch n the peace...
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officials at the state department comes beads after president obama canceled the bilateral summit with the russian president in september more and more often we hear about a new cold war between moscow and washington so everyone was listening very closely to what officials on both sides were saying and we heard tools different messages coming from president obama and for minister lavrov remember the rewards you saw when we were saying goodbye he said will i believe that we can make a difference in the russian they're going to listens let's. and that's what we're trying to do because if. small incidents. become an impediment to every single. i think it would be that would be very wrong with its bogus president obama in the meantime did the opposite he has basically hyped up the cold war talk when president putin who was prime minister one of the better it was president came back into power i think we saw more rhetoric on the russian side that was anti-american that. played into some of the old stereotypes about the cold war contests between the united states and russia and i've encourag
officials at the state department comes beads after president obama canceled the bilateral summit with the russian president in september more and more often we hear about a new cold war between moscow and washington so everyone was listening very closely to what officials on both sides were saying and we heard tools different messages coming from president obama and for minister lavrov remember the rewards you saw when we were saying goodbye he said will i believe that we can make a difference...
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court before we can insist that one of these companies assist us in that effort you know president obama has claimed surveillance programs have stopped fifty attacks but since this program has began operating shortly after nine eleven how many terrorist attacks were prevented sali by information gathered from this prison like programs that could not be gained so any other source. right and that's a great question and i don't mean to be indirect with my answer but i'm going to be indirect. i don't know is the correct answer to your question how many have been prevented only through the efforts of these two programs big next you ality i can't point to any program very often that is the sole reason that we've had an intelligence success i mean one of the one of the great achievements of american intelligence in the past dozen years is that we've been able to blend multiple streams of information with little bits of data here and little bits of data there that we've been able to convert combine into a meaningful picture and in other words we've been able to pick up shards of glass that indiv
court before we can insist that one of these companies assist us in that effort you know president obama has claimed surveillance programs have stopped fifty attacks but since this program has began operating shortly after nine eleven how many terrorist attacks were prevented sali by information gathered from this prison like programs that could not be gained so any other source. right and that's a great question and i don't mean to be indirect with my answer but i'm going to be indirect. i...
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fighting all worth fighting at that point i just hope maybe somebody like obama. may be doing is the last word we use a lame duck president decides to board money now although manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy charges he may be punished for the rest of his life for presenting the american public with the truth reporting from new york for an up or nine our take this week was a sore benchmark moment in the plight of another u.s. whistleblower as he attempts to avoid u.s. prosecution edward snowden left his limbo in a moscow airport his. it was granted temporary asylum by the russian authorities he can now move around freely and work in the country for up to twelve months russia's top social networking website is already over him a job but the story is a fresh twist with his current location unknown frustrating journalists overflowing with questions. takes a look back at how snowden's airport saga unfolded. on sunday june twenty third when reports surface that the u.s. is newest whistleblower edward snowden was in russian airspace on a flight from his ho
fighting all worth fighting at that point i just hope maybe somebody like obama. may be doing is the last word we use a lame duck president decides to board money now although manning has been acquitted of aiding the enemy charges he may be punished for the rest of his life for presenting the american public with the truth reporting from new york for an up or nine our take this week was a sore benchmark moment in the plight of another u.s. whistleblower as he attempts to avoid u.s. prosecution...
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. >> reporter: just friday, president obama had this to say. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. there were other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred. >> reporter: mr. obama outlined new measures to reform the secret surveillance programs that snowden revealed, saying he would have done it anyway. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> reporter: and this weekend, julian assange took issue with the administration, saying, quote, reforms have been made and for that, edward snowden is owed a debt of gratitude. others say he's only earned his felony charges. david? >> susan, thank you. >>> and tonight, after that al qaeda threat that shut down nearly two dozen u.s. embassies around the world, all but one have now reopened. in yemen, where that threat originated, the doors do remain blocked tonight and abc's muhammad lila is in cairo tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. several of the embassies have now reopened and that includes the massive sprauming american embassy
. >> reporter: just friday, president obama had this to say. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. there were other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred. >> reporter: mr. obama outlined new measures to reform the secret surveillance programs that snowden revealed, saying he would have done it anyway. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> reporter: and this weekend,...
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you know their house was reacting to this decision by president obama. what president putin has reiterated his stance that he has held since edward snowden touched down in moscow essentially saying that russia did not ask for this problem until one of the united states' own citizens came knocking at its door let's listen to what he says about this. ship because i'm not sure. we didn't invite edward snowden and russia was in his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began his journey his route was revealed and our u.s. partners effectively blocked him from taking any further flights they even made other countries afraid of taking him in. now the president spokesman yuri scoffs has pointed out russia has pushed for an extradition treaty with united states for some time and that has been pushed off the table repeatedly currently no extradition treaty exists which is why edward snowden was not extradited for russia has asked for a return of its people who have sought asylum in the united states and those requests have also bentonite re
you know their house was reacting to this decision by president obama. what president putin has reiterated his stance that he has held since edward snowden touched down in moscow essentially saying that russia did not ask for this problem until one of the united states' own citizens came knocking at its door let's listen to what he says about this. ship because i'm not sure. we didn't invite edward snowden and russia was in his final destination anyway he was in transit but as soon as he began...
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partners say that after this decision by obama the process over the setting is on the verge of a new cold war thinking of because you know we'll just told you with the defense minister about our work with them mr kerry and mr hague and the oldest indicates that there is no to cold war we have very close partnership going on in a very good potential for strengthening its situation with snowden is in that case it is just like it or photographers here they are waiting for us. to do something strange like. she said or do something of a popularity in this is all you see with mr lavrov sneezing are scratching his head when they go to that would be a good picture of what has been happening here we're going to situation with edward snowden is a minor detail how leaders have presented our position with the president and the head of the migration service what we did is fully warding to russian laws and international law and we could not have acted otherwise specifically also because we don't have an agreement on the extradition is with the u.s. this subject to snowden was mentioned today you v
partners say that after this decision by obama the process over the setting is on the verge of a new cold war thinking of because you know we'll just told you with the defense minister about our work with them mr kerry and mr hague and the oldest indicates that there is no to cold war we have very close partnership going on in a very good potential for strengthening its situation with snowden is in that case it is just like it or photographers here they are waiting for us. to do something...